Sales Analysis.
Sakata Seed reported sales of ¥62.41 billion (US$564.20 million)
for the
fiscal
year ending
May of 2018.
This
represents
a very small
increase of 0.9%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were ¥61.84 billion.
Sales at Sakata Seed have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 24%).
Sales of Wholesale Business Overseas saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
5.6% in 2018, from
¥35.30 billion to ¥37.27 billion.
Not all segments of Sakata Seed experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Other Businesses fell 25.9% to ¥1.20 billion.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).
Sakata Seed also experienced decreases in sales in
Retail Business (down 13.6% to ¥7.10 billion)
.